It would be an overreaction to last night’s overtime victory over the Warriors to proclaim that it heralds the Timberwolves’ arrival. It was just one game, after all, and the team is still just 26-52, the fifth-worst record in the NBA. It also remains to be seen how they deal with the organizational turmoil caused by the death of beloved GM and coach Flip Saunders—which thrust Milt Newton and Sam Mitchell into frontline roles they perhaps aren’t suited for—and how selling a chunk of the team will change things. But my lord, how good were those young Timberwolf pups against the Warriors?
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